Category: Reviews
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Review: ‘The Collective’
Lucas Till, Tyrese Gibson, Ruby Rose, And Mercedes Varnado Slum It In A Dreary Assassin Thriller Far Beneath Them
How can an action movie with Lucas Till, Tyrese Gibson, Ruby Rose, Mercedes Varnado aka Sasha Banks, Don Johnson, and classic screen baddie Paul Ben-Victor be so damned boring? Tom DeNucci’s The Collective makes this improbability a reality. Grim, dull, and way too serious, the film creaks from one poorly-executed setpiece to the next, wasting a ton…
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Review: ‘Kokomo City’
D. Smith’s Directorial Debut Delivers Raw, Unfiltered Truth
Kokomo City, directed by D. Smith (Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, Cab Driver), made its much-anticipated world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition. The film quickly garnered attention and acclaim, winning the prestigious Sundance Film Festival NEXT Innovator Award and NEXT Audience Award, including the Audience Award in the…
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Review: ‘The Unknown Country’
Lily Gladstone Proves Her Brilliance In Morrisa Maltz’s Dreamlike Road Movie
When an up and coming actor is nominated for an Oscar, it’s almost inevitable that the rest of their filmography is looked into. If early reviews for Killers of the Flower Moon are any indication, a nomination is very likely in the cards for Lily Gladstone. If that happens, her two other performances from this…
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Review: ‘War Pony’
Riley Keough And Gina Gammell Direct A Story About Two Young Men And Their Daily Life On A Reservation
Actress Riley Keough is making her directorial debut with collaborator Gina Gammell with the moving drama War Pony. Following the everyday and somewhat interconnected lives of two young men on an North Dakota Indian reservation, the film is a brilliant and moving first effort for both women. In a very slow beginning, we meet Bill,…
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Review: ‘Sympathy For The Devil’
Nicolas Cage Gives Joel Kinnaman Hell In A Mediocre Thriller Only For Cage Die-Hards
There’s a good and bad version of everything. Nicolas Cage movies are no different. His larger-than-life persona and devotion to offbeat character portrayals are often the key ingredient to bolstering some otherwise-lame projects. The bad version gives you something like Sympathy for the Devil, in which Cage dwarfs literally everything else about the movie, leaving…
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Review: ‘Susie Searches’
Kiersey Clemons Is The Nancy Drew Of True Crime In An Uneven Whodunnit Comedy
Ever since her breakthrough role in Dope, Kiersey Clemons has pretty much always been irresistible. It doesn’t matter the film or the role, her perky spirit and wide smile are enough to charm any audience, and she has done a fantastic job of choosing roles that accentuate this gift. She does so again, albeit with a heavy…